Stimulating language: insights from TMS.

Journal article

Fifteen years ago, Pascual-Leone and colleagues used transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) to investigate speech production in pre-surgical epilepsy patients and in doing so, introduced a novel tool into language research. TMS can be used to non-invasively stimulate a specific cortical region and transiently disrupt information processing. These 'virtual lesion' studies offer not only the ability to explore causal relations between brain regions and language functions absent in functional n...

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Authors: Devlin, J; Watkins, K

• Publication status: Published
• Journal: Brain : a journal of neurology
• Volume: 130
• Issue: Pt 3
• Pages: 610-622
• Publication date: 2007-03-01
• DOI: 10.1093/brain/awl331
• EISSN: 1460-2156
• ISSN: 0006-8950
• Language: English
• Keywords: Humans; Brain Mapping; Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation; Frontal Lobe; Aphasia; Nerve Net; Language; Brain; Motor Activity; Speech Perception; Speech